The News Review:
- China drought threatens water supply for millions
- Efforts on to revive water hydrants
- Senators grill Schwarzenegger administration on Delta pumps.
- RHODE ISLAND: Transportation, Water Top the Key Needs List.
China drought threatens water supply for millions
Reuters AlertNet – Mar 28, 2007
0: background end –>. 0: inline article box end –>. 4 million people and 12 million cattle, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. Large areas of southern and southwestern China from the island province of Hainan to normally wet and subtropical Yunnan province have seen hardly any rain this spring, Xinhua said, citing the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. Water shortages had also affected 13 million hectares of farmland, it added. Inner Mongolia, covered by desert in large parts, and the frigid northeastern province of Heilongjiang were seeing similar water shortages and were in increased danger of being struck by dust storms, the report said.
Efforts on to revive water hydrants
Hindu – Mar 28, 2007
Ananthan Coimbatore: With mercury levels soaring this summer, the fire and rescue services department is in the process of identifying water hydrants and other water resources in and around the city. The focus is on water hydrants, the valves introduced by the British in the main pipelines for the fire tenders to tap the water resources in the event of a fire accident. These hydrants “essential in nature and aesthetic in appearance” are fast becoming history. Under the British regime, the municipalities had these hydrants in every ward but many of them had become defunct and useless. Earlier, near the hydrants there used to be a mark on the wall stating “FH (fire hydrant)” for easy identification by the firemen. Deputy Director of Fire and Rescue Services, western region, R.
Senators grill Schwarzenegger administration on Delta pumps.
Free with registration – The Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 28, 2007
| Record (Stockton, CA) (March, 2007). 28–SACRAMENTO — State Department of Water Resources chief Lester Snow said in 2005 that he wanted to secure a long-neglected official permit to allow the agency legally to…
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 The Record Byline: Hank Shaw Mar. 28–SACRAMENTO — State Department of Water Resources chief Lester Snow said in 2005 that he wanted to secure a long-neglected official permit to allow the agency legally to kill threatened fish as an unavoidable side-effect of running the giant water pumps near Tracy. It never happened, and now an Alameda County judge is threatening to shut down those pumps as a result — an act that could threaten the drinking-water supply for 23million Californians. On Tuesday, the same state Senate panel that grilled Snow 17 months ago demanded to know why the state had never applied for the permit.
RHODE ISLAND: Transportation, Water Top the Key Needs List.
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 28, 2007
While the state doesn’t have toll roads, it does have toll bridges. Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority controller Christine Callahan said there hasn’t been any discussion of using public-private partnerships for the toll assets. Donald Carcieri’s proposed $1 billion capital budget for fiscal 2008 sets aside 53. 4% of that for transportation projects. Transportation will continue be the largest single sector in the capital budget through.